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A collection of classic science fiction short stories written by women from the 1920s through the 1960s. Includes stories from,…
among others, Leslie F. Stone, Judith Merril, Leigh Brackett, Kit Reed, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Some violence and some strong language. 2018The best American science fiction and fantasy 2018 (Best American series)
By John Joseph Adams, N. K. Jemisin. 2018
A collection of American speculative, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that were originally published in 2017. Includes selections by…
Charlie Jane Anders, Samuel R. Delany, Jaymee Goh, Cadwell Turnbull, Peter Watts, and others. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2018More deadly than the male: masterpieces from the queens of horror
By Graeme Davis. 2019
This collection of twenty-six stories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries showcases the prominent role of women in the…
formation of the horror genre. Includes stories from Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and more. Some violence. 2019Readymade bodhisattva: the Kaya anthology of South Korean science fiction (The Magpie series of modern and contemporary Korean literature)
By Sunyoung Park, Park Sang Joon. 2019
A collection of short stories from South Korea translated into English, including both classic and contemporary works. Includes a critical…
introduction, an essay on science fiction fandom in South Korea, and contextualizing information and annotations for each story. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Mythic journeys: retold myths and legends
By Paula Guran. 2019
A collection of twenty-eight stories that reexamine and reinterpret ancient myths and legends. The cultural roots of the stories come…
from around the world, with contributors including Neil Gaiman, Ken Liu, Rachel Pollack, Yoon Ha Lee, and Ann Leckie. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Black from the future: a collection of Black speculative writing
By Lauren Cherelle, Stephanie Andrea Allen. 2019
A collection of stories by Black women writers from across the spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy,…
magical realism, and Afrofuturism. Includes stories from, among others, Jewelle Gomez, Eden Royce, Nicole Sconiers, Morgan Christie, Vernita Hall, Stefani Cox, and Leila Green. 2019Echoes: the Saga anthology of ghost stories
By Alice Hoffman, Ford Madox Ford, Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, F. Marion Crawford, Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Nix, John Langan, Jeffrey Ford, Richard Kadrey, Dale Bailey, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Stephen Graham Jones, Brian Evenson, Alison Littlewood, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Lee Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Gemma Files, Siobhan Carroll, Aliette De Bodard, Richard Bowes, Indrapramit Das, Carole Johnstone, Bracken Macleod, Vincent J. Masterson, M. Rickert, M. L. Siemienowicz, A. C. Wise. 2019
A collection of contemporary short stories about ghosts which range from eerie to terrifying, most original to this anthology. Authors…
include Seanan McGuire, Richard Kadrey, Gemma Files, Garth Nix, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, and Paul Tremblay. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Poetry and tales (Library of America Edgar Allan Poe Edition #1)
By Edgar Allan Poe, Patrick F. Quinn. 1984
Collection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetry and tales presented chronologically to showcase his development as a writer. Includes the five…
scenes from "Politian," his one attempt at drama. Edited by Patrick F. Quinn. 1984The big book of rogues and villains (Vintage crime/Black Lizard)
By Otto Penzler. 2017
Anthology of seventy-three mystery stories that focus on the criminals rather than the detectives. The collection's scope begins with Victorian…
entries, such as Bram Stoker's "Dracula's Guest," and continues up through modern times, including Loren D. Estleman's "The Black Spot."Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017Bibliomysteries: crime in the world of books and bookstores
By Otto Penzler. 2017
A collection of fifteen original mystery stories involving the world of books. Includes entries by Jeffery Deaver, C. J. Box,…
Reed Farrel Coleman, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Anne Perry, John Connolly, and Nelson DeMille. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2017Four weddings and a sixpence: an anthology
By Elizabeth Boyle, Julia Quinn, Laura Lee Guhrke, Stefanie Sloane. 2017
A collection of novellas from popular historical romance authors. Four friends at boarding school find an old sixpence coin in…
a mattress. They decide that it will be their lucky charm, helping each find true love and the perfect husband. Some descriptions of sex. 2017Mash up: stories inspired by famous first lines
By Gardner Dozois, Tad Williams, John Scalzi. 2016
In this anthology, authors take inspiration for their stories from the first lines of famous works of literature. Includes stories…
by John Scalzi, Tad Williams, Elizabeth Bear, Nancy Kress, Robert Charles Wilson, Lavie Tidhar, Mary Robinette Kowal, and many others. Some violence and some strong language. 2016Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016The starlit wood: new fairy tales
By Navah Wolfe, Dominik Parisien. 2016
Fantasy authors reimagine eighteen classic fairy tales. Includes Daryl Gregory's take on Hansel and Gretel, "Even the Crumbs Were Delicious."…
Other authors in the collection include Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, and Naomi Novik. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2016Fall of poppies: stories of love and the Great War
By Lauren Willig, Kate Kerrigan, Heather Webb, Jessica Brockmole, Jennifer Robson, Hazel Gaynor, Beatriz Williams, Marci Jefferson, Evangeline Holland. 2016
Nine stories exploring the lives of people in the last days of World War I and the years after. Includes…
stories by Lauren Willig, author of The Ashford Affair (DB 76719), and Beatriz Williams, author of Along the Infinite Sea (DB 82897). Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2016Anecdotes of destiny: and, Ehrengard (Vintage International)
By Isak Dinesen. 1993
Six short works of fiction from Danish author of Out of Africa (DB 23011). Includes "Babette's Feast," in which a…
woman prepares a decadent meal for a community of religious ascetics, and the novella Ehrengard, about a rakish nobleman. 1963The best American nonrequired reading 2015 (Best American series)
By Adam Johnson, 826 National Staff. 2015
Collection of twenty-seven previously published essays, articles, poetry, and excerpts of longer works, judged as the best nonrequired reading from…
2014 by a committee of high school students, with Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Johnson, author of Fortune Smiles (DB 82453), providing guidance. 2015Pushcart Prize XL: best of the small presses, 2016 (Pushcart Prize #40)
By Bill Henderson, Pushcart Prize Editors. 2016
Collection of sixty-nine poems, stories, essays, and memoirs originally published by small presses. Contains pieces by Zadie Smith, Anthony Doerr,…
Joyce Carol Oates, and James Hannaham. Includes an introduction from the series editor reflecting on forty years of publication. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2016Manhattan mayhem: New Crime Stories from Mystery Writers of America
By Mary Higgins Clark, Jeffery Deaver, T. Jefferson Parker, Lee Child, Thomas H. Cook. 2015
Mystery Writers of America presents seventeen crime stories by its members that are set in different parts of New York…
City. Contributors include Lee Child, Nancy Pickard, Margaret Maron, Thomas H. Cook, Ben H. Winters, T. Jefferson Parker, S. J. Rozan, and Jeffrey Deaver. Some violence and some strong language. 2015